Defining the Terms
This is the broad, "umbrella" term for any sudden and unexpected death of an infant under one year of age, regardless of the cause.
What is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)?
This gender of babies have a higher risk factor of SIDS.
What are boys.
A pregnant mother can get this of care to GREATLY reduce their baby's risk of SIDS.
What is prenatal care?
What does the A stand for?
What is Alone?
Infants should sleep alone in their crib. Co-sleeping dramatically increases risk of SIDS.
If a baby falls asleep during tummy time it's OK to leave the baby in that position.
(True or False)
False
This is a specific diagnosis given only when an infant's death cannot be explained after a complete investigation, including an autopsy and review of the death scene.
What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
Placing a baby in this position greatly increases the risk of SIDS.
What is on their stomach / prone ?
Feeding a baby this way can reduce their risk of SIDS.
What is breastfeeding?
What does the B stand for?
What is Back?
Infants should be put to sleep on their backs. Prone sleeping can lead to SIDS or breathing restrictions.
Though SIDS numbers have fallen, this type of death has increased with the practice of unsafe sleep.
What are accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed?
This is the term for a sleep-related infant death caused by an item like soft bedding that blocks the baby's airway.
What is accidental suffocation?
A room that is kept ______ reduces the risk of SIDS.
What is cool and well ventilated?
Babies who suck on ________________ have a lower rate of SIDS.
What is a pacifier?
What does the C stand for?
What is Crib?
Infants should sleep in their own crib by themselves, uncluttered.
SIDS is caused by vomiting, chocking or other minor illnesses such as colds and infections.
(True or False)
False
While all SIDS cases are included in this category, many deaths in this category are caused by accidental or other known factors.
What is SUID?
This age group has a higher risk of SIDS.
What is 2 to 4 months?
This term, meaning to sleep with a parent or sibling, greatly increases a baby's chance of SIDS.
What is co-sleeping?
What are three possible causes of SUID?
What is trauma, SIDS, infection, suffocation, ingestion, entrapment, cardiac arrhythmias and metabolic disease?
Babies' mothers who do this during pregnancy are 3 times more likely to die from SIDS.
What is smoke?
This is the only thing that you should place in you baby's crib while they are sleeping.
What is a firm fitting mattress.